The Open Group X Project Team was created as the successor to
the X Consortium, Inc., after the X Consortium ceased operations. The purpose
of The X Project Team is to foster development, evolution, and maintenance
of the X Window System.

The X Consortium was an independent, not-for-profit
Delaware membership corporation. It was formed in 1993 as the successor
to the MIT X Consortium.

The X Window System was created in the mid-1980s
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1988, MIT formed a member-funded
consortium to provide the technical and administrative leadership necessary
to support further development of the X Window System. In 1992, MIT and
the membership decided it was in their best interests to move the consortium
out of MIT and create an independent, stand-alone organization. All rights
to the X Window System were assigned by MIT to X Consortium, Inc. on January
1, 1994. X Consortium, Inc. closed its doors on December 31, 1996. All
rights to the X Window System have been assigned to the Open Group.